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Age of Barns
Sloane, Eric
An Age of Barns
An Illustrated Review of Classic Barn Styles & Construction
"An Age of Barns" preserves the heritage handed down to us by those who settled America: dependable, resourceful pioneers who built these amazing barns, often before the family home was finished, and usually with the help of the entire community. These barns are remarkable for the skill with which they were created and the beauty that matches their usefulness. An Age of Barns preserves the heritage handed down to us by the individuals who settled America: dependable, resourceful pioneers who revered excellence above all. While structures erected today rarely outlive their builders, the early Americans created barns so honest and enduring that many still stand after two or three hundred years. This classic folksy history of barn folklore, architecture, and history is filled with thousands of fabulous black-and-white sketches that illustrate all types of American and Canadian barns and everything associated with them. “Those who seek the spirit of America might do well to look first in the countryside, for it was there that the spirit was born.” Often built before the family home was finished, and usually with the help of the entire community, these barns are remarkable for the skill with which they were created and the beauty that matches their usefulness. An Age of Barns preserves the heritage handed down to us by the individuals who settled America: dependable, resourceful pioneers who revered excellence above all. While structures erected today rarely outlive their builders, the early Americans created barns so honest and enduring that many still stand after two or three hundred years. This classic folksy history of barn folklore, architecture, and history is filled with thousands of fabulous black-and-white sketches that illustrate all types of American and Canadian barns and everything associated with them. “Those who seek the spirit of America might do well to look first in the countryside, for it was there that the spirit was born.”
Format: Soft cover, Dimensions: 11 x 9, Pages: 94, Illustrations: 240
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Antique Iron - English And American
Schiffer, Herbert, Peter, and Nancy
Beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of these European, English and American antique pieces of architectural hardware, fireplace equipment, kitchen utensils, weathervanes, and gates from major museums and private collections will fascinate artists, blacksmiths, collectors, and historians alike.
Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 8.5 x 11, Pages: 447, Illustrations: 981
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Mästermyr Find, The
Arwidsson, Greta and Berg, Gosta
A Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotland This chest, found in1936 in Mastrmyr on the island of Gotland, Sweden, contains more that 200 tools used by Viking woodworkers and metal smiths. This archaeological find is described in detail with clear photographs and drawings.
Format: Soft cover, Dimensions: 8.5 x 11, Pages: 90, Illustrations: 75
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Pioneer Plowmaker
Collins, David R
John Deere didn't let the fact that the moist soil of the Midwest stuck to the plows making plowing impossible stop him. This hardworking, idealistic young blacksmith invented a self cleaning blade that opened some of the world's richest farmland.
Format: Soft cover, Dimensions: 6 x 8.5, Pages: 63, Illustrations: 13
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American Wrench Makers 1830-1930
Cope, Kenneth L.
American Wrench Makers, 2nd Edition
An extremely comprehensive and valuable historical directory for the wrench, the most intriguing of all tools. It is a truly unique reference source of collectors, dealers and researchers.
Format: Soft Cover, Dimensions: 7 x 10, Pages: 352, Illustrations: 940
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Anvil's In America
Postman, Richard
Anvil's In America
Hailed as the definitive resource and standard reference book for blacksmiths, anvil collectors, and anyone interested in historical tools, Richard Postman's Anvils in America is the culmination of 15 years of meticulous research. It is an invaluable reference book as well as a chronicle of anvil manufacturers, tools and people integral to the development of our country.
Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 8.75 x 11.25, Pages: 552, Illustrations: 768
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Smithy's Craft And Tools, The
Schmirler, Otto
The Smithy's Craft And Tools: Werk und Werkzeug des Kunstschmieds
An all time favorite covering basics and advanced techniques with beautiful water colors showing details of hundreds of tools as well as closeup photographs of beautiful ironwork. A must-have! English/German/French
Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.5, Pages: 128, Illustrations: 224+ 85 illustrations
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Axe And Man, The
Heavin, Charles
Excellent book covering a vast range of axes starting with the early stone hand axes of the paleolithic period. It began as a history of the evolution of the axe. Since the history of the axe is difficult to separate from the history of man, this study has become the history of early man's stone and metal technology as exemplified by his axe. Technology is not only an important part of every culture, but it also usually affects such other aspect as the economic, political, social and religious. The degree of advancement of man's technology is not only reflected directly in his tools and weapons themselves, but also in his means of agriculture, kinds of transportation, the sophistication of his buildings and the degree of his artistic development. These in turn can be directly affected by the degree of his tool development, which in many cases means his axe.
Format: Hard cover, Dimensions: 8.5 x 11, Pages: 182, Illustrations: over 100
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